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>I've seen at least one MVP label scoff at Whil's essay; can we agree that uttering similar comments about dotNET would get treated as a luddite's actions around here?
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If you're referring to me, I scoffed because his arguements about why Open Source is better are flawed. However, I did agree with this reasoning that the book market for Open Source is growing while the book market for VFP is shrinking.